Two representatives of Shenyang Aerospace University, China, have offered 10 scholarships to Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology students in Shenyang Aerospace University from the next academic year.

The two visiting Chinese professors held talks with Engr Jehangir Bashar, Rector, GIK Institute, Prof Dr Jameel-Un Nabi, Pro-Rector (Academics) and Ahsan Basir Sheikh, Pro-Rector (Administration and Finance), Deans and Heads of Departments in the Faculty of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering and Faculty of Mechanical Engineering.

The rector recalled that he, along with the Executive Director, SOPREST (Society for Promotion of Engineering Sciences and Technology in Pakistan), had visited Shenyang Aerospace University last August where the Rector and the President, Shenyang Aerospace, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for collaboration in joint research, exchange of students and faculty and other academic activities.

Richard Chen explained that the scholarship would cover the students admission and tuition fee, traveling charges and accommodation.